Andrejs Elksniņš (born 1982) is a
Latvia
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politician
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and the current
Mayor of Daugavpils. He was a
deputy of the 12th
Saeima
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and a long-standing member of the
Social Democratic Party "Harmony"
The Social Democratic Party "Harmony" (; , S),The party officially translates its name as ''Social Democratic Party "Concord"''. also commonly referred to as Harmony (''Saskaņa''), is a social-democratic political party in Latvia. It was the larg ...
until 2023. He is of
Latvian and
Russian
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descent.
Elksniņš started his career as a lawyer, before entering national politics in time for the
2011 Latvian parliamentary election. Elksniņš took office as Mayor of
Daugavpils
Daugavpils (see also other names) is a state city in southeastern Latvia, located on the banks of the Daugava River, from which the city derives its name. The parts of the city to the north of the river belong to the historical Latvian region ...
, the second largest city in the country, on 26 June 2017 but was replaced by
Rihards Eigims after just two months in office on September 2. After the coalition led by Eigims collapsed on 22 November 2018, Elksniņš was re-elected as mayor on 17 January 2019
, but again removed from office on June 11, 2020. The city was then led by
Igors Prelatovs, until Elksniņš was reelected for a third time and approved as mayor after the
2021 Latvian municipal elections on July 1.
In January 2023, Elksniņš left the Harmony party. In 2024, he established and became the leader of the Daugavpils-based localist political party .
References
External links
Official Facebook page(in Russian and Latvian)
1982 births
Living people
Politicians from Riga
Social Democratic Party "Harmony" politicians
Deputies of the 11th Saeima
Deputies of the 12th Saeima
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